Relentless Dems: DC Mayor Orders 51-Star Flags to Be Flown for Flag Day in Push for DC Statehood

Bowser also highlighted the Supreme Court’s upcoming decision on Roe v. Wade, and how the ruling being overturned would impact residents of the nation’s capital.

“As Americans nationwide brace for a decision on the future of Roe v. Wade, we are also reminded that DC’s disenfranchisement impacts not just Americans living in DC, but Americans nationwide who share our values. While the stakes are even higher for Washingtonians, we stand shoulder to shoulder with the majority of Americans who believe in a woman’s right to choose,” she claimed. “We also stand shoulder to shoulder with the majority of Americans demanding common sense gun reforms, and with the majority of Americans who want to build a more inclusive democracy.”

“We are at an inflection point for American democracy, and it is within the Senate’s power to do the right thing, embrace representation, and move DC statehood forward to the President’s desk,” Bowser added.

The mayor called on the U.S. Senate to pass the Washington, DC Admission Act, which would make the capital city a state, though to do so may violate Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution.

James Madison, one of America’s Founding Fathers, wrote in Federalist 43 that the exclusivity of the nation’s capital was an “indispensable necessity.”

“Without it, not only the public authority might be insulted and its proceedings interrupted with impunity; but a dependence of the members of the general government on the State comprehending the seat of the government, for protection in the exercise of their duty, might bring on the national councils an imputation of awe or influence, equally dishonorable to the government and dissatisfactory to [the other States],” Madison wrote.

The quote was included in an April 2021 letter to President Joe Biden and congressional leaders from 22 states’ Attorneys General opposing DC’s statehood.